Right to work
Give workforce a helping hand before enacting legislation that divides usRegister- Herald editorial

Right to work legislation is racing through the statehouse toward Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin’s desk with more than its fair share of deliberate speed. In fact, we’re not sure there’s been much deliberation at all.

Why are the Republicans in such a hurry to get this particular piece of legislation passed?

The January 18 edition of the Daily Mail’s editorial page featured not one, but two editorials supporting so-called “right-to-work” legislation. It is clear the editors know nothing of the contributions of unions to the well-being of this nation and its people, nothing about the way unions function, and nothing about the long roller coaster of gains and losses for working (and middle-class) people in this...